Stories

Researched narratives from Knoxville’s past
The Fastest Bandleader in the World
August 10, 2016
When he arrived via Kingston Pike on a special bus that afternoon, the Knoxville Police met him at city limits in Bearden with a motorcycle escort. They led him to City Hall....
The Forgotten Origins of a Summer Icon: Polo Field
July 20, 2016
That’s what they called the baseball field on the riverside flood plain below Cherokee Boulevard. Half a century ago, I played baseball down there. Framed by wooded residential...
KAT’s New Green Line Route Offers a Free Tour of the City
July 18, 2016
Compiled by Jack Neely for the Knoxville History Project. Knoxville Area Transit now offers the Green Line, a new trolley route that serves the Old City area. It’s free,...
Of the Knaffl House Mystery, New Giant Murals, and Early Police Shootings
July 13, 2016
Years ago, I wrote about one of East Knoxville’s oddest curiosities: Burlington’s Speedway Circle, which is a curiosity in itself, a road planted along the track of Cal Johnson’s...
Knoxville’s Footnote in the European Union Story, and a Ghostly Intercom
July 6, 2016
The European Union crisis can seem far away, but the whole thing has one remote connection to Knoxville. The EU’s predecessor was the European Community, and 34 years ago this...
Knoxville’s Fourth of July
June 30, 2016
Compiled by Jack Neely for the Knoxville History Project. Celebrated here since 1793, the Fourth of July may be Knoxville’s oldest holiday. But it’s not our only thing...
Ingrid Bergman’s Mistake, and Downtown’s First Bowling Alley
June 29, 2016
Market Square’s recent film shoot reminded me of an even more famous movie star who was on the same square with an entourage about 46 years ago. Ingrid Bergman came to Knoxville...
R.B. Morris Named Knoxville’s First Official Poet Laureate
June 29, 2016
Even before Mayor Rogero made the announcement last week, many of us figured R.B. Morris was already Knoxville’s poet laureate. Morris has been an advocate of poetry in Knoxville...
Knoxville’s Kuumba Weekend
June 23, 2016
Kuumba, the festival of African-American culture, has been celebrated in Knoxville every year since 1989. Founded by African American Appalachian Arts, Kuumba Festival is now a Knoxville...


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